Definitions for cripple
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crippleverb

   someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back

2. cripple, stultifyverb

   deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

   "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

3. cripple, lameverb

   deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

   "The accident has crippled her for life"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cripplenoun

   a person who has severe impairment in his physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.

   He returned from war a cripple.

2. cripplenoun

   a shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.

3. cripplenoun

   scrapple.

4. crippleverb

   to make someone a cripple; to cause someone to get a physical disability

   The car bomb crippled five passers-by.

5. crippleverb

   to damage seriously; to destroy

   My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.

6. crippleverb

   to release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.

   The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.

7. crippleadjective

   Crippled.

8. Etymology: From crypel, cognate with creopan; confer Dutch kreupel, German Krüppel, Old Norse cryppill.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CRIPPLEnoun

   A lame man; one that has lost or never enjoyed the use of his limbs.

   Etymology: crypel , Sax. krepel, Dutch.

   He, poor man, by your first order died,
   And that a winged Mercury did bear:
   Some tardy cripple had the countermand,
   That came too lag to see him buried. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. John Dryden, Fables, Pref.

   Among the rest there was a lame cripple from his birth, whom Paul commanded to stand upright on his feet. Richard Bentley.

   See the blind beggar dance, the cripple sing,
   The sot a hero, lunatick a king. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.

2. To Crippleverb

   To lame; to make lame; to deprive of the use of limbs.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Knots upon his gouty joints appear,
   And chalk is in his crippled fingers found. John Dryden, Pers.

   Tettyx, the dancing-master, threw himself from the rock, but was crippled in the fall. Addison.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cripple

   A cripple is a person or animal with a physical disability, particularly one who is unable to walk because of an injury or illness. The word was recorded as early as 950 AD, and derives from the Proto-Germanic krupilaz. The German and Dutch words Krüppel and kreupel are cognates. By the 1970s, the word generally came to be regarded as pejorative when used for people with disabilities. Cripple is also a transitive verb, meaning "cause a disability or inability". The word crippling is also used as an adjective.

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1. cripple

   A cripple is a term used broadly to denote a person who is suffering from a physical disability or impairment, particularly one that impacts their ability to move or walk effectively. However, it's noteworthy to mention that this term can be considered offensive and disrespectful. The more acceptable terms to use are 'person with a disability' or 'physically impaired'.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cripplenoun

   one who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled

2. Crippleadjective

   lame; halting

3. Crippleverb

   to deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame

4. Crippleverb

   to deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled

5. Etymology: [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. krppel, Dan. krbling, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. crepan to creep. See Creep.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cripple

   krip′l, n. a lame person.—adj. lame.—v.t. to make lame: to lame: disable, impair the efficiency of.—ns. Cripp′ledom; Cripp′ling, a prop set up as a support against the side of a building. [A.S. crypel; conn. with Creep.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CRIPPLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cripple is ranked #160975 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cripple surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cripple.
   
   98% or 98 total occurrences were White.

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Anagrams for cripple »

1. clipper

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cripple in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cripple in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of cripple in a Sentence

1. Adam Schiff of California:

   This is just the president ignoring the rule of law, ignoring decades of precedent and policy, this is exactly what we feared about Whitaker's appointment, that Matt Whitaker was picked not because Matt Whitaker was qualified for the job -- Matt Whitaker really isn't -- but Matt Whitaker was picked because Matt Whitaker was auditioning on TV talking down the Mueller investigation, talking about Matt Whitaker could -- how we could privately cripple the Mueller investigation.

2. Gaston Kroub:

   I could cripple competitors by shutting down their manufacturing.

3. Niccolo Machiavelli:

   People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance.

4. Mike Pence:

   Turkey risks expulsion from the joint F-35 program, which will harm not just Turkey's defense capacity, but it may cripple many of the Turkish component manufacturers that supply that program, they're part of the supply chain, it's not a small economic decision for them in that regard.

5. Armstrong Williams:

   Dr. Carson feels he has no government experience, he’s never run a federal agency, the last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the presidency.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cripple
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cripple
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cripple
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cripple
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cripple
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html